Attorney Susan Silvernail, Marsh, Rickard & Bryan, P.C., Birmingham, Alabama

Susan J. Silvernail
Birmingham, Alabama

Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury Law; Products Liability; Fraud; Wrongful Death; Technology

Bar Admissions:: Alabama, 1990; U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama; U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama

Education:: Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1990
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Member, Curia Honoris
Law Review: Cumberland Law Review, Member; Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, 1978
B.A.
Honors: With Honors

Published Works:: The Tort of Bad Faith and Avoiding the $250,000 Cap on Punitive Damages, The Alabama Lawyer, March, 1990; "Electronic Evidence Discovery in the Computer Age", The Alabama Lawyer, May, 1997

Classes/Seminars Taught:: "Metadata", Alabama Association for Justice, Summer Seminar, 2007 - Present; New E-Discovery Rules: 2006 Amendments to FRCP, Birmingham Bar Association, 2006; Basic Applications for Law Practice: PowerPoint, Birmingham Bar Association, 2006; "New E-Discovery Rules: Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure", ATLA Mid-Winter Seminar, 2006; "DeMystifying Electronic Discovery", NEALSA Seminar, 2005; "E-Discovery: Preserving the Evidence", Discovery Update, ABICLE, 2004; "Sure Fire Ways to Get into E-Trouble",, ATLA Summer Seminar,, 2004 - Present; "Using PowerPoint in Civil Litigation", "Technology for the Law Office and Courtroom", Birmingham Bar Association, 2003; "Making the Most of PowerPoint Presentations", ATLA, 2003; "Your Guide to the Web", ATLA Mid-Winter Conference, 2003; "Practice Tips on the Internet", Birmingham Bar Association, 2002; "Top Ten Web Picks", ATLA Annual Seminar, 2000; "Electronic Evidence: Discovery in the Computer Age", Business Torts and Antitrust Law Institute, ABICLE, 1998; "Electronic Mail", The Litigator's Edge, ABICLE, 1997; "Discovery of Electronic Data", The Woman Advocate, ABICLE, 1996; "Electronic Evidence: Discovery in the Computer Age", The Litigator's Toolbox Seminar, ABICLE, 1996; "Discovery of Electronic Data", Computers in Litigation Seminar, ABICLE, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Alabama Civil Justice Foundation, 2007 - 2008; Member, Board of Directors; Alabama State Bar, 1990 - Present; Member; Alabama Association for Justice, 1990 - Present; Member; American Association for Justice, 1990 - Present; Member; Birmingham Bar Association; Women's Section Member; American Bar Association; Member; Legal Marketing Association, 2006 - Present; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Pittman, Hooks, Marsh, Dutton, & Hollis, P.C., Attorney; WBRC-TV News, Producer; WSFA -TV News, Reporter; WDHN-TV News, Anchor